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Malachi 4

Mal. 4:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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For, behold, the day
yowm (Hebrew #3117)
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
KJV usage: age, + always, + chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), + elder, X end, + evening, + (for) ever(-lasting, -more), X full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, + old, + outlived, + perpetually, presently, + remaineth, X required, season, X since, space, then, (process of) time, + as at other times, + in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), X whole (+ age), (full) year(-ly), + younger.
Pronounce: yome
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be hot
z cometh
bow' (Hebrew #935)
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: abide, apply, attain, X be, befall, + besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, X certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, X doubtless again, + eat, + employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, + follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, + have, X indeed, (in-)vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, X (well) stricken (in age), X surely, take (in), way.
Pronounce: bo
Origin: a primitive root
, that shall burn
ba`ar (Hebrew #1197)
to kindle, i.e. consume (by fire or by eating); also (as denominative from 1198) to be(-come) brutish
KJV usage: be brutish, bring (put, take) away, burn, (cause to) eat (up), feed, heat, kindle, set ((on fire)), waste.
Pronounce: baw-ar'
Origin: a primitive root
as an oven
tannuwr (Hebrew #8574)
a fire-pot
KJV usage: furnace, oven.
Pronounce: tan-noor'
Origin: from 5216
; and all the proud
zed (Hebrew #2086)
arrogant
KJV usage: presumptuous, proud.
Pronounce: zade'
Origin: from 2102
, yea, and all that do
`asah (Hebrew #6213)
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows)
KJV usage: accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, X certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, + displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, + feast, (fight-)ing man, + finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, + hinder, hold ((a feast)), X indeed, + be industrious, + journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, + officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, X sacrifice, serve, set, shew, X sin, spend, X surely, take, X thoroughly, trim, X very, + vex, be (warr-)ior, work(-man), yield, use.
Pronounce: aw-saw'
Origin: a primitive root
wickedly
rish`ah (Hebrew #7564)
wrong (especially moral)
KJV usage: fault, wickedly(-ness).
Pronounce: rish-aw'
Origin: feminine of 7562
, shall be stubble
qash (Hebrew #7179)
straw (as dry)
KJV usage: stubble.
Pronounce: kash
Origin: from 7197
: and the day
yowm (Hebrew #3117)
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
KJV usage: age, + always, + chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), + elder, X end, + evening, + (for) ever(-lasting, -more), X full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, + old, + outlived, + perpetually, presently, + remaineth, X required, season, X since, space, then, (process of) time, + as at other times, + in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), X whole (+ age), (full) year(-ly), + younger.
Pronounce: yome
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be hot
that cometh
bow' (Hebrew #935)
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: abide, apply, attain, X be, befall, + besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, X certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, X doubtless again, + eat, + employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, + follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, + have, X indeed, (in-)vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, X (well) stricken (in age), X surely, take (in), way.
Pronounce: bo
Origin: a primitive root
shall burnb them up
lahat (Hebrew #3857)
properly, to lick, i.e. (by implication) to blaze
KJV usage: burn (up), set on fire, flaming, kindle.
Pronounce: law-hat'
Origin: a primitive root
, saith
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
of hosts
tsaba' (Hebrew #6635)
from 6633; a mass of persons (or figuratively, things), especially reg. organized for war (an army); by implication, a campaign, literally or figuratively (specifically, hardship, worship)
KJV usage: appointed time, (+) army, (+) battle, company, host, service, soldiers, waiting upon, war(-fare).
Pronounce: tsaw-baw'
Origin: or (feminine) tsbadah {tseb-aw-aw'}
, that it shall leave
`azab (Hebrew #5800)
to loosen, i.e. relinquish, permit, etc.
KJV usage: commit self, fail, forsake, fortify, help, leave (destitute, off), refuse, X surely.
Pronounce: aw-zab'
Origin: a primitive root
them neither root
sheresh (Hebrew #8328)
a root (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: bottom, deep, heel, root.
Pronounce: sheh'-resh
Origin: from 8327
nor branch
`anaph (Hebrew #6057)
a twig (as covering the limbs)
KJV usage: bough, branch.
Pronounce: aw-nawf'
Origin: from an unused root meaning to cover
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1:  God's judgment on the wicked;
2-3:  and his blessing on the good.
4:  He exhorts to the study of the law;
5-6:  and tells of Elijah's coming and office.
the day.
Mal. 4:5• 5Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord: (Mal. 4:5)
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Mal. 3:2• 2But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' soap: (Mal. 3:2)
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Ezek. 7:10• 10Behold the day, behold, it is come: the morning is gone forth; the rod hath blossomed, pride hath budded. (Ezek. 7:10)
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Joel 2:1,31• 1Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the Lord cometh, for it is nigh at hand;
31The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the Lord come.
(Joel 2:1,31)
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Zeph. 1:14• 14The great day of the Lord is near, it is near, and hasteth greatly, even the voice of the day of the Lord: the mighty man shall cry there bitterly. (Zeph. 1:14)
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Zech. 14:1• 1Behold, the day of the Lord cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee. (Zech. 14:1)
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Luke 19:43• 43For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side, (Luke 19:43)
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Luke 21:20• 20And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh. (Luke 21:20)
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2 Peter 3:7• 7But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men. (2 Peter 3:7)
shall burn.
and all the.
Mal. 3:15,18• 15And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, they that tempt God are even delivered.
18Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.
(Mal. 3:15,18)
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Ex. 15:7• 7And in the greatness of thine excellency thou hast overthrown them that rose up against thee: thou sentest forth thy wrath, which consumed them as stubble. (Ex. 15:7)
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Psa. 119:119• 119Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth like dross: therefore I love thy testimonies. (Psa. 119:119)
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Isa. 2:12‑17• 12For the day of the Lord of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up; and he shall be brought low:
13And upon all the cedars of Lebanon, that are high and lifted up, and upon all the oaks of Bashan,
14And upon all the high mountains, and upon all the hills that are lifted up,
15And upon every high tower, and upon every fenced wall,
16And upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all pleasant pictures.
17And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be made low: and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day.
(Isa. 2:12‑17)
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Isa. 5:24• 24Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast away the law of the Lord of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel. (Isa. 5:24)
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Isa. 40:24• 24Yea, they shall not be planted; yea, they shall not be sown: yea, their stock shall not take root in the earth: and he shall also blow upon them, and they shall wither, and the whirlwind shall take them away as stubble. (Isa. 40:24)
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Isa. 41:2• 2Who raised up the righteous man from the east, called him to his foot, gave the nations before him, and made him rule over kings? he gave them as the dust to his sword, and as driven stubble to his bow. (Isa. 41:2)
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Isa. 47:14• 14Behold, they shall be as stubble; the fire shall burn them; they shall not deliver themselves from the power of the flame: there shall not be a coal to warm at, nor fire to sit before it. (Isa. 47:14)
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Obad. 18• 18And the house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau for stubble, and they shall kindle in them, and devour them; and there shall not be any remaining of the house of Esau; for the Lord hath spoken it. (Obad. 18)
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Nah. 1:10• 10For while they be folden together as thorns, and while they are drunken as drunkards, they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry. (Nah. 1:10)
that it.
 The prophet proceeds to explain that this severance between the wicked and the righteous will be made at the Lord’s appearing; ... this is the subject of {this} chapter. (Malachi 3 by E. Dennett)
 The division also between chapters 3 and 4 tends to obscure the connection, inasmuch as verse 1 of Malachi 4 explains the declaration of the last verse of Malachi 3. (Malachi 4 by E. Dennett)
 this scripture brings us to the moment when Jehovah will manifest His holiness and truth in His judgment of the wicked, and in blessing for those that fear His name; but even here the judgment is not eternal, as it is in connection with His appearing, and preparatory, therefore, to the establishment of His kingdom on earth. (Malachi 4 by E. Dennett)

J. N. Darby Translation

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For behold, the day cometh, burning as a furnace; and all the proud and all that work wickedness shall be stubble; and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith Jehovah of hosts, so that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.